To piggyback on, the AUMF also explicitly mentions that it is the Act required in accordance with the earlier War Powers Act. They really leave it crystal-clear that the AUMF is very much intended to give the President the "Commander-in-Chief for a declared war" powers that Congress is able to grant.
It's horribly over-broad and open-ended, but Congress has only themselves to blame (and they can rein in the Act if they wish as well, or at least make the President try to veto it).
It's horribly over-broad and open-ended, but Congress has only themselves to blame (and they can rein in the Act if they wish as well, or at least make the President try to veto it).